Antisqueak web



March 23 1926. 1,577,582

R. KRENZ ANTISQUEAK WEB Filed Nov. '7, 1925 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 March 231926.a

R. KRENZ ANTISQUEAK WEB Filed Nov. '7, 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet March 231926. 1,577,582

R. KRENZ v ANTI SQUEAK WEB Filed Nov, '7, 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 PatentedMar.- 23, i260 STATE i RUDOLPH KRENZ, F BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORTOBUFFALO WEAVING ND BELTING CO., OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION 0FNEW YORK.

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Application filed N'ovember 7, 1925.

New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in AntisqueakY'Vebs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates, to an anti-squeak web which is more particularlyintended for use between opposing metal parts of automobiles, as forexample betweenthe sections` of the engine hood and the cowl andradiator, or between the body and frame.

Heretofore ordinary flat .woven webbing has been used for this purposebut this is unsatisfactory inasmuch as the fastenmgs` such as the headsof the rivets` which secure the webbing tothe cowl and radiator areoften not driven tight enough to .cause their heads to sink into thewebbing, thus leaving them exposed so that the hood sections engage thefastenings or rivetheads and produce a squeaky and rattling noise lwhenthe ear vibrates while in operation.

It is the object of this invention to pro.- vide an anti-squeak webwhich can be readily and quickly applied to the cowl, radiator or otherpart of the automobile and positively support an opposing partv of theautomobile out of contact with the rivets or fastenings so that theabsence of squeaks and rattling noise is assured.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective View of one form of anti-squeakweb embodying my invention before the same is applied to the opposingmetal parts of an automobile. Y

Figure 2 is a similar View showing the same applied between the hood andthe radiator or cowl of an automobile.

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figfl. showing a modified form of webcontaining my' improvements before 1t is applied. to an automobile.

Figure 4 is a similar view showing the last mentioned form of webapplied toan automobile.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of another modified form of webcontaining my invention.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the last mentioned web mounted on anautomobile.

Figure 7 is a perspective view of another form of web containing myinvention.

upper strip 24 overhangs the Serial No. 67,506.

Figure 8 is a similar view showing the same built into an automobile.

Figure 9 is a perspective view of still another form of my improved web.

`igure 10 is a similar. view of the last mentioned web mounted on anautomobile. Figure 11 is a perspective view showing a further form ofweb embodying my improvements.

Figure 12 is a similar view showing the last mentioned form of webinstall-ed on' an automobile.

In the following description similar characters of reference indicatelike parts in the several figures of the drawings:

Although this anti-squeak web may be installed in various places on anautomobile where two metal parts are to be held apartl so that the samecannot come in contact with each other and produce squeaking orrattling, the drawing, for example, in the present case shows such awebarranged between a sheet metal lid or cover section of an. engine hoodand the depressed or inwardly o-set rest or support 21 ofan iadjacentsheet metal body 22 of the radiator or cowl.

In the form of my improved anti-squeak web shown in Figs. 1- and 2 thesame com-` prises two comparatively thin superposed strips 23, 24ofwoven fabi-ic and a'com'- parativelythick bead or rib connecting onepair corresponding' longitudinal edges of said lstrips and consisting ofa single longitudinal tube 25 woven intergrally with said strips, and acore 26 of fibrous material arranged within the tube so as to hold theSame yieldingly in a distented condition. 4

This web is placed atwise with the lower strip 23 -lying on the rest orsupport 21 and secured thereto by rivets- 271 or other fastenings andthe bead next to the shoulder 27 between the rest and the body, whilethe rivets or fastenings, and the lid or coverv eads of the f section 20rests in its closed position on the 100 bead and is prevented by theinterposed upper ,strip 24 from coming accidentally m contact with theheads ofthe fastening rivets, as shown in Fig. 2. The lower strip of theweb is secured to the rest of the hood by means of the rivets while theupper stripy is turned back and out of the way suticient- 1y to enablethe rivets to be applied to the lower strip and the hood rest.

When a strip 0f this character is mounted on the hood rest in thismanner the lid or cover section when closed rests 'on 'the thickenedbead of the web and is held out of engagement with the rivet heads sothat squealting or rattling noise is positively eliminated.

instead of producing the thickened bead on corresponding longitudinaledges ofthe strips by one cored tube, as shown in Figs. l and 2, thesame effect can `be produced by weaving two tubes 28, 29, side by sidelengthwise of the web and providing these tubes with fibrous orresilient cores 30, as shown in Figs. 3 and d.

Another i'orm in which my invention may be carried into effect consistsin weaving the web with two integral superposed strips 3l, 32 which areconnected at one of their corresponding longitudinal edges by a turn 33which latter is retained in position by a longitudinal row of stitches34, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. The lower strip 3l of this web isattached toV the hood rest by rivets 85 and the latter are covered bythe upper strip 32, whereby the lid or cover resting on the upper stripis supported but prevented from contacting with the rivets or fasteningsand making a squealring or rattling noise.

It desired the stitches 34C may be omit-ted from the web, as shown inFigs. 7 and 8, in which case the turn of told is creased so as to causethe strips to stay in place one above the other.

' instead of making the web in one piece the same may be constructed ottwo separate lower and upper strips 36, 37 which are connected at onepair of corresponding longitudinal edges by a row of stitches 38, asshown in Figs. 9 and 10. p

lt desired the upper strip of the web l may be made in the form of twoaps, seetions or ilanges 39, 40 which project'toward each other fromopposite longitudinal edges of the lower strip 44 and are held in this:tolded position by .stitches a5v passing through the outer edges of thetop vstrip sections 39, 40 and the adjacent longitudinal edgeportions'ofthe lower strip 445, as shown in Fig. 11. Thisfform of web is held inplace by rivets 46 passing through the lower stripand the hood rest 21and after this webl has been thus attached to the rest the inner edgeportions ot the upper strip sections overlap each other and overn navmanhang the hea-ds of the fastening rivets, as shown in Fig. 12, therebyforming a cushioned seat for the lid or cover section and preventingthe. latter from coming into contact with the rivets and producing asqueaking or rattling noise when the car is in operation.

In each of the several forms ot my invention shown and described the webhas superposed strips which are connected at cor responding longitudinaledges, the lower strip is attached to one metal part, and the upperstrip overhangs the fastening and prevents the other metal part fromengaging therewith and thereby avoids the ob` jectionable actionheretofore mentioned.

This web is simple in construction, it can be made economically and itcan be readily applied to cars ot standard make.

ll claim as my invention:

l. An anti-squeak web adapted to be arranged between opposing metalparts of an automobile, comprising superposed strips connected atcorresponding longitudinal edges, one of said strips adapted ,to beconnected by a fastening to one of saidmetal parts and the other strip.adapted to overhang said fastening and prevent contact of the othermetal part therewith.

2. An anti-squeak web adapted to be arranged between opposing metalparts of an automobile, comprising comparatively thin superposed stripsone of which is adapted to be connected by a fastening to one of saidmetal parts and the other strip being adapted to overhang said fasteningand prevent contact of the other metal pariJ therewith, and acomparatively thick bead connected with corresponding longitudinal edgesof said strips.

3. An anti-squeak webcadapted tobe are ranged between opposing metalparts of an automobile, comprising comparatively thin superposed stripsone of which is adapted to be connected by a fastening to one of saidmetal parts and the otherstrip being adapted to overhang ,said fasteningand prevent contact et the other metal part therewith, and'acomparatively` thick bead connected with corresponding longitudinaledges ot said strips and consisting of a tube woven integrally with saidstrlps, and a fibrous core arranged within said tube.

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